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Olympia is a film of genre Drama directed by Bob Byington released in USA on 23 may 1999 with Damian Young

Olympia (1999)

Olympia
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Released in USA 23 may 1999
Length 1h16
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating70% 3.510413.510413.510413.510413.51041

Olympia is a 1998 film about a Mexican soap opera star who leaves her career behind to pursue her first love - javelin throwing. She comes to the USA and takes up with a coach who's never coached before.

Director Bob Byington suggests that the movie is about doing something you don't know how to do, and the film may or may not suggest this theme.

The movie won the Grand Jury prize of best drama at the Long Island Film Festival

Actors

Damian Young

(Ed Pedernales)
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